ܚܨܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒍏𒄩𒍣𒅔 (ḫaṣṣinnum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħasˤsˤinɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħasˤsˤine] (plural)

Noun

ܚܨܝܢܐ • (ḥaṣṣīnā) f (plural ܚܨܝܢܐ (ḥaṣṣīnē))

1. axe, pickaxe

   Synonyms: ܢܪܓܐ, ܡܓܙܪܐ, ܗܝܒܐ

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܨܝܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܨܝܢ		1st person	ܚܨܝܢܝ		ܚܨܝܢܢ
	construct	ܚܨܝܢ		2nd person	ܚܨܝܢܟ	ܚܨܝܢܟܝ	ܚܨܝܢܟܘܢ	ܚܨܝܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܨܝܢܐ		3rd person	ܚܨܝܢܗ	ܚܨܝܢܗ	ܚܨܝܢܗܘܢ	ܚܨܝܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܨܝܢܝܢ		1st person	ܚܨܝܢܝ		ܚܨܝܢܝܢ
	construct	ܚܨܝܢܝ		2nd person	ܚܨܝܢܝܟ	ܚܨܝܢܝܟܝ	ܚܨܝܢܝܟܘܢ	ܚܨܝܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܨܝܢܐ		3rd person	ܚܨܝܢܘܗܝ	ܚܨܝܢܝܗ	ܚܨܝܢܝܗܘܢ	ܚܨܝܢܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: կացին (kacʻin)
  • Armenian: կացին (kacʻin)
    • → Cappadocian Greek: κάτζιν (kátzin)
• → Arabic: خَصِّين (ḵaṣṣīn)
• → Ge'ez: ኀጺን (ḫäṣin), ሐጺን (ḥäṣin), ኀፂን (ḫäṣ́in)
  • → Tigre: ሓጺን (ḥaṣin, “iron”)
  • → Tigrinya: ሓጺን (ḥaṣin, “iron”)
  • → Amharic: ኀፂን (haṣṣin, “iron”)
  • → Awngi: [script needed] (ač̣in, “iron”)
  • → Xamtanga: [script needed] (ač̣in, “iron”)

References

• “ḥṣyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 114a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 154b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 483b